3. INSTRUCTIONS 1) Choose a category 2) Correctly answer questions/statements 3) If your wrong you loose the amount of money you were playing for 4) Whoever has the most money wins.

4. Are You Smarter Than a 7 th Grader? AFRICA $10,000 Economy Political Features Physical Features Major Religions Climate History Government Type of Governments Population Distribution Environmental Issues $1000 $900 $800 $700 $600 $500 $400 $300 $200 $100

5. Economy $100  What is the natural resource is Nigeria based on trading?

6. Answer  Oil

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8. Economy $200 1. How does the literacy rate affect the standard of living?

9. Answer  The literacy is the ability to read and write. The higher the literacy in a country, the better the standard of living and economic growth.

10. Economy $300  Describe the role of entrepreneurship.

11. Answer  Their work is important for economic growth. They are often leaders that create goods and services no one else has and the new market helps the economy

12. Economy 1. Gold, coal, diamonds, and platinum are all major resources for which African Region?

13. Answer  Southern

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15. Economy $400  Explain how the distribution of diamonds, gold, uranium, and oil affects the economic development of Africa.

16. Answer  The distribution of the mineral resources in Africa is not evenly distributed. Countries with many resources will have thriving mixed economies and are developed, whereas countries with few resources must import or result to traditional economic systems and are developing.

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18. Physical Features $100  What is the largest desert in Africa?

19. Answer  Sahara

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21. Physical Features $200  What is the name of Africa’s largest lake?

22. Answer  Lake Victoria

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24. Physical Features  What body of water does Egypt and Sudan rely on for irrigation of their crops?

25. Answer  Nile River

26. Physical Features $300  A major river that supports the Central Africa region

27. Answer  Congo River

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29. Physical Features $300  What is the largest lake in Africa?

30. Answer  Lake Tanganyika

31. Physical Features 1. Sudan borders which major physical feature in Africa?

32. Answer  Sahara Desert

33. Physical Features 1. Located in Africa’s Eastern region, this is the highest mountain

34. Answer  Mount Kilimanjaro

35. Physical Features $400  Located in Africa’s southern region, this desert is the second largest in Africa

36. Answer  Kalahari

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38. Physical Features $500  This natural features is on the northwest coast of Africa and stretches from southwest Morocco to northern Tunisia.

39. Answer  Atlas Mountains

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41. Physical Features $600 1. What natural feature passes through the Mauritania, Mali and Nigeria and supports western Africa?

42. Answer  Niger

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44. Physical Features $700  Which climate zone in Africa has tropical grasslands with scattered trees are home to an amazing variety of wildlife?

45. Answer  Savannahs

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47. Climate $100  Explain why the population of the Sahara is low.

48. Answer  Limited access to water

49. Climate 1. The absence of rainfall is referred to as

50. Answer  Drought

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52. Climate $200  Western and central Africa that has densely populated areas of trees and annual rainfall of at least 60 inches

53. Answer  Tropical rainforest

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55. Climate 1. Which is the best climate zone in Africa for crop production?

56. Answer  Savannah

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58. Government $100  What type of government does South Africa have?

59. Answer  Federal Republic

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61. Governments $200  Today Sudan government is in transitional democracy after years of civil war. Before this it had been led by a military government. What type of government is this?

62. Answer  Dictatorship

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64. Government $300  South Africa and Sudan is considered to have a bicameral legislature and Kenya is unicameral legislature, explain what this means.

65. Answer  Bicameral means the legislature has two houses and unicameral means the legislature has one house.

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67. Government $400  Compare Kenya, South Africa, and Sudan’s governments. Distinguishing the form of government, branches and role of the citizen in terms of voting and personal freedoms.

68. Answer  Kenya and South Africa have republic systems of government, Sudan has a dictatorship. Each country has three branches and citizens are able to vote at various levels.

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70. Population Distribution $100  Where do most of Africa’s population live?

71. Answer  Along the coastal area, near river and other water resources

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73. Population Distribution $200  What is the name of Africa’s most populated country?

74. Answer  Nigeria

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76. Political Features $100  What is the name of Africa’s largest country?

77. Answer  Sudan

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79. Political Features $200  What is the name of the country located at Africa’s most southern tip?

80. Answer  South Africa

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82. Political Features $300  This nation has Libya to it west, the Mediterranean Sea to it north and Sudan is to its south

83. Answer  Egypt

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85. Political Features $400  This nations has Uganda, Rwanda and Zambia, Angola to its south and Tanzania to its east and Central African Republic is north

86. Answer  Democratic Republic of Congo (DROC)

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88. Major Religions $100  Which of Africa’s regions do most Arab Muslims live?

89. Answer  Northern

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91. Major Religions $200  Which of the African ethnic groups practice traditionally belief of the mystical Golden Stool?

92. Answer  Ashanti

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94. Major Religions $300  Arab and Bantu have mixed to form this ethnic group culture

95. Answer  Swahili

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97. History $100  What is nationalism?

98. Answer  Strong pride in one’s country; desire for self-government

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100. History $200  Explain how nationalism led to independence in South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria.

101. Answer  Nationalism helped to unify the people of the countries and strengthen resistance against oppression.

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103. History $300  What is apartheid?

104. Answer  A system of laws created in 1948 by the British to establish control of South Africa by separating the ethnic groups. The laws were repealed in 1991.

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106. History $400  Explain the impact of the Pan-African movement and African Union.

107. Answer  Pan-Africanism is the idea that there is a global community of native Africans and slave descendants. The African Union is an organization of 53 nations working together for peace and security.

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109. History $500  Explain the creation and end of apartheid in South Africa and the roles of Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk

110. Answer  Apartheid was created to control other South Africa ethnic groups. It was abolished in 1991 by South African president F.W. de Klerk. Nelson Mandela was an activist and spiritual leader of the movement against apartheid. He was released from prison in 1990 and later became the first black president in 1994.

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112. Types of Governments $100  A government led by religious leaders

113. Answer  Theocracy

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115. Types of Governments $200  A type of government that has a monarch and elected officials working together to run the country

116. Answer  Constitutional Monarchy

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118. Types of Governments $300  A government system in which one person has unlimited power and citizens have little role in the government

119. Answer  Unitary Autocracy

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121. Environmental Issues $100  Explain the relationship between poor soil and deforestation in Sub- Saharan Africa.

122. Answer  Both poor soil and deforestation turns Sub-Saharan Africa’s farmland into unusable desert

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124. Environmental Issues $200  Explain the impact of desertification on the environment of Africa from the Sahel to the rainforest

125. Answer  Desertification is the transformation of farmland into unusable desert. Droughts, deforestation and over farming threatens the land from the Sahel to the rainforest

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127. Environmental Issues $300  Explain how water pollution and the unequal distribution of water impacts irrigation, trade, industry, and drinking water.

128. Answer  Water pollution by people and industry decreases drinking water. Unequal water distribution slows trade, creates conflicts (water wars) and available water resources for some African nations

129. $10,000 Question  Describe the impact of government stability on the distribution of resources to combat AIDS and famine across Africa.

130. $10,000 Answer  HIV/AIDS is a threat to Africa. Unstable government contribute to poverty. It is important to have strong governments to combat HIV/AIDS.

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